Andrew WHITNEY

Father: Micah WHITNEY
Mother: Hannah COBB

Family 1: Huldah SWEETSER

(1) Whitney Research Group: "[Andrew WHITNEY] married, 25 Jun 1816, Gray, ME, Huldah SWEETSER, daughter of John and Jane (RIDEOUT) SWEETSER"

  1. Jane Rideout WHITNEY
  2. Cynthia WHITNEY
  3. Andrew WHITNEY
  4. Betsey Roberts WHITNEY
  5. Mary WHITNEY
  6. John Sweetser WHITNEY
  7. Lileus WHITNEY
  8. Phebe French WHITNEY
  9. Huldah WHITNEY
                                  _Nathaniel WHITNEY ___
                  _Abel WHITNEY _|
                 |               |_Sarah FORD __________
 _Micah WHITNEY _|
|                |                _Micah CANE __________
|                |_Mary CANE ____|
|                                |______________________
|
|--Andrew WHITNEY
|
|                                 _Chipman COBB ________
|                 _Andrew COBB __|
|                |               |_Elizabeth INGERSOLL _
|_Hannah COBB ___|
                 |                _Daniel GREEN ________
                 |_Hannah GREEN _|
                                 |_Mary BLOOM __________

Notes

Updated January 19, 2012. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for Maine, Franklin Co., Phillips: Page 147; August 16, 1850.

Andrew WHITNEY is head of household, married to Huldah [SWEETSER] WHITNEY. He is 55 years old, born in Maine and is a farmer with real estate valued at $300. Children in the household are Phebe F. and Huldah WHITNEY.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Maine, Aroostook Co., Township 4 - Range 4, Patten Post Office: page 69; June 27, 1860.

Andrew WHITNEY is head of household, living alone. He is 60 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $900 and personal estate valued at $60, and was born in Maine.

(3) 1870 United States Census for Maine, Aroostook Co., Island Falls Plantation (Island Falls Post Office): page 5; June 28, 1870.

Andrew WHITNEY resides with his John S. WHITNEY and family. He is 76 years old and born in Maine.

(4) The History of Gorham Maine, by Hugh D. McLellan, Picton Press, Camden, ME (originally published 1903 by Smith & Sale, Portland, ME), 1992. Page 834.

- "l'd in Phillips."

(5) Our Pioneering Families, Genealogies of Whitney, Groathouse and Lignitz, researched and compiled by Vivian Gail Morrow Wade, Dec. 1986, first edition. Self-published manuscript available at DAR Library, Washington DC. Pages 63, 69-73. Photo on page 82.

(6) Whitney Research Group.

- "Andrew WHITNEY… son of Micah and Hannah (COBB) WHITNEY, was born 5 May 1794, Phillips, ME, and died 29 May 1877, probably Canton, ME." - "He married, 25 Jun 1816, Gray, ME, Huldah SWEETSER, daughter of John and Jane (Rideout) SWEETSER."
- "He resided Phillips, ME, Island Falls, ME, and Canton, ME."

- Children: Jane Rideout WHITNEY; Cynthia WHITNEY; Andrew WHITNEY; Betsey Roberts WHITNEY; Mary WHITNEY; John Sweetser WHITNEY; Lilias WHITNEY; Phebe French WHITNEY; and Huldah WHITNEY.

- From a message sent to the WHITNEY-L list on Rootsweb, February 25, 2006, and archived by the Whitney Research Group: "From the War of 1812 Pension File of Andrew WHITNEY, Private, Captain Smith ELKINS' Company, U.S. Volunteers, S. O. #3449, S. C. #1751, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. Andrew WHITNEY enlisted at Phillips, Somerset Co., Maine on 27 August 1812. He was discharged 30 September 1813 at Burlington, Vermont. He testifies that he spent most of his enlistment serving at Burlington. Andrew applied for a military pension, and on 24 July 1871 he was granted eight dollars per month. He applied from Island Falls Plantation, Aroostook Co., Maine. At that time he was 77 years old, and unmarried. Andrew died 29 May 1877, place not mentioned. Subsequent to his death, on 25 June 1877 his son John Sweetser WHITNEY submitted a voucher for pension arrears of $22.93."

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Additional Notes.

Mayflower lineage: Howland/Tilley -1; Hope Howland -2; Hope Chipman -3; Samuel Cobb -4; Chipman Cobb -5; Andrew Cobb -6 (DAR/SAR ancestor); Hannah Cobb -7; Andrew Whitney -8.